He said it: Some Kruegerisms

Kevin Krueger was known as Foghorn for a reason. Here are some of them.

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Kevin Krueger was known as Foghorn during his 17 years in office.

The nickname stems from the B.C. Liberal MLA's penchant for saying just about everything.

Here's a sampling from the lips of the Kamloops-South Thompson representative:

“There’s a scripture in the Bible — ‘Cast your bread on the waters and it will return to you after many days’ — and I believe that, too. That’s a matter of faith in the Christian religion, but it’s a similar finding to what this economic report found. I believe those benefits flow.”

— on a government study of the arts

“As far as I’m concerned, Adrian Dix has a pattern of deceit.”

— on the B.C. NDP leader

“I think John van Dongen suffers from delusions of grandeur and he attacked Gordon Campbell, no doubt about it. I told you he phoned me, stupidly phoned me, tried to recruit me. I had to wait for a chance to tell him he was in conflict of interest and I told him to resign, but he didn’t. And, Gordon Campbell was so gracious he didn’t fire him, but he could have and he is still attacking Gordon Campbell more than a year after he’s gone.”

— on his erstwhile Liberal colleague, John van Dongen

“I think it’s rude to ask a guy questions and chew gum in his face while you’re interviewing him, right?”

— to a reporter who was asking Krueger to respond

to NDP allegations he was being boorish

and rude in the legislature

“We knew we had to have an accountability session. This is it. We’ve got a really strong vote of confidence from the public. We’ll carry on with the things we were doing.”

— reflecting on his and his party’s

win on election night 2009

“Children may die as a result of gambling expansion, and their blood will be on the heads of the [NDP] government”

— speaking in 1994 about gambling expansion under the NDP government

“There are many good judges, and there are some real bad apples…. We have some real problem people on the bench.”

— on the judiciary

“No one should respect the NDP and voters were pathetic to elect some of its members, (they) should give their heads a shake.”

— on election night, 2005, referring to the B.C. NDP winning 33 seats, up from

the two seats it held entering the election

KRUEGER IN CABINET:

• Minister of Social Development

• Minister of Tourism, Culture and the Arts

• Minister of Community Development

• Minister of Small Business and Revenue

• Minister Responsible for Regulatory Reform

• Minister of State for Mining